Dragon Age: Origins — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2009 · RPG · BioWare · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 91
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My Dragon Age: Origins Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 6/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7 | OS: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7 |
| Memory | Processor: Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent) | Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or AMD Phenom II X2 Dual-Core 2.7 Ghz Processor or equivalent |
| Graphics | Memory: 1GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7) | Memory: 2 GB (3GB Vista and Windows 7) |
| Storage | Graphics: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB) | Graphics: ATI 3850 512 MB or NVidia 8800GTS 512MB or greater |
| DirectX | DirectX®: DirectX (November 2007) | DirectX®: DirectX (November 2007) |
| Item 7 | Hard Drive: 20 GB HD space | Hard Drive: 20 GB HD space |
| Item 8 | Sound: Direct X Compatible Sound Card | Sound: Direct X Compatible Sound Card |
About Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins is the first game in BioWare’s RPG franchise Dragon Age. The game is considered to be the spiritual successor of BioWare’s classic fantasy RPG titles like Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Developers describe the game's setting as a mix of high fantasy and low fantasy. The storyline is centered around the event known as Blight, which occurs once in several hundred years and marks the demonic invasion in the world of Thedas. The player creates its character by choosing its appearance, class, and race. There are 3 and three races in Dragon Age. The classes are the warrior, mage, rouge, and races are human, elf, and dwarf. The combination of class and race determines the character’s background story and the beginning of the game. The interaction between the player, his teammates and NPC’s is an integral part of the game. The game’s storyline often makes the player take moral decisions which affect his later interaction with characters and the game world in general.
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Tune settings →Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the Dragon Age: Origins optimization card is computed
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